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DAILY ENQUIRER • SUN : fOLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 23, 1X86. Our Country at the Morey of Armed In vaders. . “Not * Out for Trlhpto. Kill Millions for nrftnw" Sot thr Motto of tlir Prewitt t'onfrew-Honm I.srge slid .loir; Kurts. *P3&naCordial CUBES DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS, MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUBLES, NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. JT elves NEW Washington, October 22.—This country hits not boon for miiny years in tiuite such a defenseless condition as it is just now. Usually there are at the forts, which are scattered along the cost, a few men who hnve been going through the form of “holding tho fort/’ To-day these alleged defenses are themselves absolutely de fenseless. They are untenanted, save by the owl and rattlesnake. “We were obliged, said Colonel Wilson, of tho engineer bureau of the army, talk ing to your correspondent, ‘ to dismiss, by telegraph, on the adjournment of con gress. every man employed on tho forts and defenses and to suspend every'expe riment and operation connected with the torpedo service which we have been studying and trying to make valuable for several years past.” “What wasthe case of this action, gen eral?” “The failure of tho fortifications bill in congress. That bill struggled along toward the close of the session and it was believed that it utmld pass and permit us to at least keep up our defenses in a seini- E table shape and continuo the tor- experiment, but it did not get jh and we wero obliged to imme diately dismiss every employee at the forts and to stop everything in the way of torpedo work.” ‘"Then tho country is in an utterly de fenseless condition, is it?” "Practically so. Of course thero nro a few troops at a few of the fortifications along tho coast, but they are very few; there are possibly a few at Portland, Maine, a few are at the forts at Boston, a military station at Newport, some at tue New York harbor, four of the forts thero being garrisoned, I believe, none at Phila delphia, a garrisoned fort in Baltimore harbor, also at Fortress Monroo, one at Pensacola and one at New Orleans. On the lake const garrisons are located at Plattsburg, Oswego and Fort Niagara, in New York state. On the Pacific coast there aro garrisons at San Francisco, Co lumbia and Fort Townsend. Asido from these our defenses nro entirely deserted) not an engineer or a laborer, or even a watchman, is left to protect them or pre vent their falling in decay or being dam aged by mischievous persons.” “How about tho City of Washington, has it any means of defense at all?” “None whatever except the troops at Fortress Monroe, at the entrance of Ches apeake bay. Why, we were even obliged to dismiss the watchman at Fort Wool, which is in the channel above Fortress Monroe. Ho had been there a great many years and desired to remain and take his chances of getting paid for his service. We could not accept a gratuitous service for it is not permitted bylaw, but it was decided that as he desired to occupy the house which he had so long made his homo and was willing to give some service as watchman in exchange therefor he could be_permitted to do so. So it is perhaps not absolutely correct to say that Washington is defenseless for it has one defender in this old watchman at Fort Wool.” “How about tho forts on the Potomac, Fort Foot and Fort Washington ?” “ Oh, they aro entirely tenantless, not even a watchman is left tie. re for our pro tection.” “ And tho line of earthworks that was erected around Washington during the last war?” “There are none of them kept up; they were not on government property, and were only intended to be ol a temporary character. There has been no attempt since the war to preserve them.” The allusion to tho line of earthworks stretching around Washington upon the hills overlooking the city and river sug gests some inteiesting facts in reference to them. Take a drive about the city and over tho hills lying immediately about it, and you will see upon the commanding eminences mounds of red earth overgrown with weeds and grass and busiios. They aro the abandoned forts or earthworks that were oreeted to defend Washington during the late war. They number some thing over 150, counting forts, armed bat teries and unarmed batteries that were ready for guns in case they should be need ed. They blossom out on every hilltop grim relies of 1 hose terrible days, but happy re minders in their deenying condition that the days of civil strife are passed in this country. They are generally located in fields now again cultivated, hut with tboir deep outer ditches, high walls of rammed earth and abandoned magazines and bomb proofs with in, they yet defy the hand of man and of the tiller of the soil who wc u d restore them to an agricultural condi tion. They were all built of earth which was rammed to tho utmost degree of solid ity possible, tho walls being from twenty to twenty-five feet in thickness at the base and twelve to eighteen feet at the top. Out side the walls was a ditch six feet deep, made in front of this a glacis thrown up so ns to bring the ground in front W'”iln the plane of musketry tire front the parapets,Iwhile on this gla ds tin ubattis of pointed brush and timber was laid, extending entirely around tho fort. Within there were magazines of hewed logs covered with twelve to fifteen feet of rammed earth, to make them bomb proof. They were built during the first two years of the war, for then and now tho Capital City was in an utterly defense less condition. The work was begun in May, 1861, on the Virginia side. In seven weeks a line of defenses, consisting of Forts Corcoran. Bennett and Haggerty, was built for the protection of George town; Forts llunvon and Albany, covering Long Bridge on the Potomac, and Fort Ellsworth, near Alexandria, i Immediately after the battle of Bull Hun there was a second lino of fortifications constinoted to fortify Arlington Heights, which'included Forts Craig, Tillinghast, Cuss, Woodbury, Richardson and Strong. Forts Worth, Ward and Lyon were ndded to the defenses of Alexandria. About this time a line of forts was constructed along the nort hwestern and eastern parts of the District of Columbia. They consisted of Fort Reno on the heights of Tennallytown, Fort Stevens on the Seventh street road, and Forts Gaines, De Rissey, Slocum, Tot ten, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Thayer and Lincoln, the latter overlooking the Ana- costa. Three small forts, Kirbv, Cross and Davis, afterward united under the name of Fort Sumner were constructed on the heights near the receiving reservoir of the Washington aqueduct. Beyond the Ana- costa the fortifications were forts Stanton, Grable, Carroll and Mahan, to which forts Meigs. Dupont, Baker, Wagner, Ricketts and Snyder were added in the latter part of 1862. At Chain bridge there wero forts Ethan Allen and Mercy. Additions were made to these lines of fortifications from time to time, until in the spring of 1863 there were south of the Potomac thirty- four forts and armed batteries, with 426 guns and eighty mortars, and thirty-eight unarmed batteries for 200 guns. North of the Potomac there were forty three forts and armed batteries, with 3S4 guns and thirty-eight mortars, and thirty-six unarm ed batteries for 175 guns. The question of a proper food for in terests all mothers; especially those una ble to nurse their offspring. Mellin’s Food JT is Invigorat ing and De lightful to take, and of great value ns a Medicine for weak and Ailing Women and Chil dren. LIFE to tho whole SYSTEM by Strengthening the Muscles, Ton ing the NERVES, and completely Di gesting the food. no hurtful Minerals, is com posed of carefully selected Vegeta ble Medicines, combined skill fully, making a Safe and Pleasant Remedy. r..r Ml Cuttle will be a d 1 n g physicians, telling how to treat die* eases at HOME, mailed, together with a set of hand. aome cards by new Heliotype process, on receipt of lo c. . sit brnsslets .nd Orocera. Sbuiitrl tbe dealer II roi.l.NA IOltnm, remit ll.OU, ami a full slat e eeijt, chargee paid. t'lir.PAItKD OM.Y BT Volina Drug and Chemioal Company, BALTIMORE, Ell)., 1. 8. A, New $2800 Residence. I OCATED in excellent neighborhood, on quar- J ter acre lot. Large shade trees in front. Five rooniH; high ceiling; gas; good well. No nut gruHH on the premises. Rented for the year end ing October 1st, 1887, to good tenant. JOHN BLACKMAR, Real Estate Agent, Columbus, Qa. se wed&fri tf Europe and America. oclO tu th sat&wlm PROFESSIONAL CARDS. LAWYER*. ^JHARLES R. RUSSELL, A ttorney-at-Law, Columbus, Ga. JOSEPH F. POU, Attorney-at-Law, Oilico up stairs over 1111 Broad street. pEABODY, BRANNON & BATTLE, Attorncys-at-Law. fjiHOMAS W. GRIMES, Attorney-at-Law. Office up stairs over Robert Carter’s drug store. ■yyM. A. LITTLE, Attorney- at-La w. JAMES M. SMITH. O. J. THORNTON. j^MITH & THORNTON, Attorney s-at- Law. ORIOSDY II THOMAS, JR. GRIGSBY E. CHANDLER. MPHOMAS A CHANDLER, Attorneys-at-Law. Otfico mi stairs over C. E. Hochatrasser’s store. J AS. M. LENNARD, Attorney at-Law. Oifice back room over C. J. Edge's shoe store. r L. WILLIS, Attorney at Law. Office over Crane’s corner. JAM. Q. MOON, Attorney-at-Law and Real Estate Agent. Office corner below Swift’s warehouse. | AMES M. RUSSELL, Attorney-at-Law. Practices in the state and federal courts of Georgia and Alabama. Office over 1247 Broad St. 8. B. I1ATCI1EK. f. U. PEABODY. | JATCHER & PEABODY, AttorL eys-at-Law. Oifice up stairs over 1119 Broad street. yy A. 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Bradkikld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Oa. eod&w nrm (3) WTATEOFGEORGIA MUSCOGEK COUNTY : ^ To the Honorable Superior Court .of said Counts : The petition of the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company respectfully shows, That it is a corporation ot said state, located ami doing business in said county, and its principal office and place of doing bus : ness is in Columbus, in said county. That the original charter and act of incorpora tion was granted by the General Assembly of said State by an Act eutit’ed ‘ An Act to incorpo rate the Eagle und Phenix Manufacturing Com pany of Columbus. Georgia,” which act was ap proved 10th of March, 1806. That said Act of Incorporation did not provide for the election of more than live Directors, nor has there been any change in the lawt: respecting said corporation. That tbe corporators named in said Act did or ganize said company, and that the capital stock o* said company lias been increased to one mill ion two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, all of which has been paid in. That the object of said corporation was the manufacture and sale ol cotton and woolen good3, and said company still carry on such busi ness in said county. That at the last annua 1 meeting of the stock holders of said company it was resolved by said stockholders that application should be made to alter and amend the charter of said company, so as to provide that the stockholders should, at the annual elections, choose nine directors among said stockholders instead of five, as provided by said charter. Wherefore, your petitioner prays that an order may be passed at the next November term of “aid Court declaring said petition granted, and that the Fourth Section of said Act shall be so altered and amended us that the same sha. i read as fol lows : Sec. l V. That there shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders of said corporation at such time and place as the corporation may provide by its by-laws for the purpose of electing nine direct ors, and that the time of holding the first meeting of the directors under the said first election shall be fixed by said directors, or a majority of them, and the said directors chosen at said election, or at the annual election to be afterwards held,shall, as soon as may be after subsequent elections, chose out of their numberta president,and in case of the death, resignation or removal of the presi dent or any directors, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year where in they may happen by the said remaining rirect- ors, or a majority of them may appoint a presi dent pro tern., who shall exercise such powers and functions as the by-laws of said corporation may provide. PEABODY, BRANNON & BATTLE, Petitioners’ Attorneys. 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Carriages, Buggies, Road Carts, Wagons, TT-A-BLISrHISS S^-TDIDULIEELLr, Plow Gear, Lap Robes, Etc. WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK EVER KEPT IN COLUMBUS, and will take great pleas ure in showing any one through our stock. It costs nothing to look. Call and see those BEAUTIFUL COLUMBUS BUGGIES, For which we are Sole Agents. IS. ©J i Ml Hill) STREET. !0 WEBSTER WA1 PBOI'ESNIOBi A1, CARD*. \\T F. TIONER, VV . Dentist, 35'^ Twelfth street (formerly Randolph street 1 e7-ly CENTRAL RAILROAD, Columbus, Ga., September 19,188ft. O N and after this date Passenger Trains will run as follows. Tains * daily; t daily ex- cept Sunday. The standard time by which these 'Trains run is the same as Columbus city time. heave Columbus Arrive Macon “ Atlanta *12 00 m * 4 38 p m * 9 35 p m f 8 50 p m + 6 40am * 1 35 p m 7 23 p m * 3 58 p m * 2 45 p m * 113 p in * 3 45 p m * 4 07pm “ Albany “ Milieu “ Augusta “ Savannah * 11 10 p m * 3 00 a m * 6 15am * 5 55 a ni Passengers for Sylvania, Sanderville, Wrights- villo, Milledgeville and Eatonton, Thomaston Carrollton. Perry, Fort Gaines, Talbotton, Buena Vista, B akely and Clayton shonld take 8 50 mm train. - Leave Macon “ Atlanta * 10 00 a m * 6 00 a m ? 8 30 p m * 3 10 p m * 7 40 a m * 10 55 a m * 12 00 m * 12 00 m * 9 30 am * 8 40am * 5 20 a m “ Euf&ula “ Albany “ Millfn ♦ 5 40 a m * 11 00 p m “ Savannah Arrive Columbus * 820pm * 2 25 p m Sleeping Cars on all night trains between Co lumbus and Macon, Macon and Savannah, Ma con and Atlanta, Savannah and Macon, and Sa vannah and Atlanta. Tickets for all points and Sleeping Car Berths on sale at Depot Ticket Office G. A. WHITEHEAD, Gen’l Pass. Agent. C. W. MEYER, Ticket Agent. augl tf Opelika, Ala., September 14th, 1886. O N and after Sunday, September 14th, 1886, the trains on this road will be run as follows : No. 1. Leave Columbus 8 22 a m Arrive Opelika 9 52 a m No. 3. Leave Opelika 10 05 a m Arrive Columbus u 20 a m No. 3. Leave Columbus 2 28 p m Arrive Opelika 3 58 p m No. 4. Leave Opelika 5 18 p m Arrive Columbus 6 43 p m No. 5. Leave Columbus 7 10 a m Arrive Opelika 9 23 a m Arrive Goodwater 5 50 p m No. 6. Leave Goodwater 5 20 a m Arrive Opelika 9 46 a m Arrive Columbus 12 56 p m No. 7. Leave Columbus 145 p m Arrive Opelika 3 38 p m No. 8. Leave Opelika 4 13 p ra Arrive Columbus 5 54 p m The night trains are discontinued for the pres ent. A. FLEWELLEN. dtf Genera] Manager $T Office General Manager, Columbus, Ga., September 12th, 1886. O N and after Sunday, September 12. 1886, the schedule of Mail Train will be as follows: No. 1—Going North Daily. 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